The report shows student performance in Michigan to be stagnant and, in some cases, declining as a result of our state’s “practically singular focus on governance, choice and charter schools as a panacea to our challenges,” according to Education Trust-Midwest Executive Director, Amber Arellano. The report further states that this focus “has not led to a world-class educational system, rather, on almost every metric, Michigan has slipped behind its peers nationally and internationally.”